The Veteran's peripheral neuropathy of both legs was not shown to have manifested within one year of his return from the Republic of Vietnam, and there is no evidence that it otherwise manifested during or as a result of service. As such, service connection for this condition cannot be granted.
The deciding factor: Peripheral neuropathy did not manifest within one year of the Veteran's exposure to herbicide agents in service, nor was it shown to have been incurred therein.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral neuropathy of both legs
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 6, 2009
- Citation
- 0942429
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